UK Big 3 Rounds
Ultras by Region
Route Index
Assynt Traverse
Bala Challenge
Bob Baxter Traverse
Bob Graham Round
Bowland Dozen
Bowland 1500’s
Broxap Round
Cairngorm Munros
Canary Islands 3 Peaks
Charlie Ramsay Round
Charnley Way
Cleveland Hills Challenge
Cuillin Round
Cumbrian Traverse
Dales Skyline
Dales Top Ten
Dales 2000’s
Dark Peak County Tops
Dragon’s Tongue
Durham Hewitts
Freeman Round
Glen Lyon Corbett Round
Great North Inns Run
Harvey Howgill Tops
John Fleetwood Scottish Routes
Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge
Knoydart 7
Lakes 24
Lakes 25@25
Lakes 2500’s
Leventon’s Line
Meirionnydd Round
National & Yorkshire 3 Peaks
No Cure Always Hope
Over The Hill Round
Paddy Buckley Round
Ring of Fire - Galloway
Scottish 4000’s
Six County Tops - Peak
Snowdonia Skyline
Snowdon to Pumlumon
South Pennine 39 Trigs
South Wales Traverse
Tan Hill to Kirkstone Pass Inn
Tranter’s Round
Tyndrum Round
Upper Calder 13 Trigs
Wainwright 7 Summits
Wicklow Round
Yorkshire Round
Yorkshire 2000’s
Sub-Ultras
COMPLETIONS
Where there is a recorder please contact them to log your completion. In addition, or if there isn't a recorder, you are invited to share your experience on the gofar facebook page to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
ULTRA-DISTANCE CHALLENGES
UK Big 3 Rounds
Ultras by Region
Route Index
Assynt Traverse
Bala Challenge
Bob Baxter Traverse
Bob Graham Round
Bowland Dozen
Bowland 1500’s
Broxap Round
Cairngorm Munros
Canary Islands 3 Peaks
Charlie Ramsay Round
Charnley Way
Cleveland Hills Challenge
Cuillin Round
Cumbrian Traverse
Dales Skyline
Dales Top Ten
Dales 2000’s
Dark Peak County Tops
Dragon’s Tongue
Durham Hewitts
Freeman Round
Glen Lyon Corbett Round
Great North Inns Run
Harvey Howgill Tops
John Fleetwood Scottish Routes
Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge
Knoydart 7
Lakes 24
Lakes 25@25
Lakes 2500’s
Leventon’s Line
Meirionnydd Round
National & Yorkshire 3 Peaks
No Cure Always Hope
Over The Hill Round
Paddy Buckley Round
Ring of Fire - Galloway
Scottish 4000’s
Six County Tops - Peak
Snowdonia Skyline
Snowdon to Pumlumon
South Pennine 39 Trigs
South Wales Traverse
Tan Hill to Kirkstone Pass Inn
Tranter’s Round
Tyndrum Round
Upper Calder 13 Trigs
Wainwright 7 Summits
Wicklow Round
Yorkshire Round
Yorkshire 2000’s
Sub-Ultras
COMPLETIONS
Where there is a recorder please contact them to log your completion. In addition, or if there isn't a recorder, you are invited to share your experience on the gofar facebook page to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
UK Big 3 Rounds
Ultras by Region
Route Index
Assynt Traverse
Bala Challenge
Bob Baxter Traverse
Bob Graham Round
Bowland Dozen
Bowland 1500’s
Broxap Round
Cairngorm Munros
Canary Islands 3 Peaks
Charlie Ramsay Round
Charnley Way
Cleveland Hills Challenge
Cuillin Round
Cumbrian Traverse
Dales Skyline
Dales Top Ten
Dales 2000’s
Dark Peak County Tops
Dragon’s Tongue
Durham Hewitts
Freeman Round
Glen Lyon Corbett Round
Great North Inns Run
Harvey Howgill Tops
John Fleetwood Scottish Routes
Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge
Knoydart 7
Lakes 24
Lakes 25@25
Lakes 2500’s
Leventon’s Line
Meirionnydd Round
National & Yorkshire 3 Peaks
No Cure Always Hope
Over The Hill Round
Paddy Buckley Round
Ring of Fire - Galloway
Scottish 4000’s
Six County Tops - Peak
Snowdonia Skyline
Snowdon to Pumlumon
South Pennine 39 Trigs
South Wales Traverse
Tan Hill to Kirkstone Pass Inn
Tranter’s Round
Tyndrum Round
Upper Calder 13 Trigs
Wainwright 7 Summits
Wicklow Round
Yorkshire Round
Yorkshire 2000’s
Sub-Ultras
COMPLETIONS
Where there is a recorder please contact them to log your completion. In addition, or if there isn't a recorder, you are invited to share your experience on the gofar facebook page to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
UK Big 3 Rounds
Ultras by Region
Route Index
Assynt Traverse
Bala Challenge
Bob Baxter Traverse
Bob Graham Round
Bowland Dozen
Bowland 1500’s
Broxap Round
Cairngorm Munros
Canary Islands 3 Peaks
Charlie Ramsay Round
Charnley Way
Cleveland Hills Challenge
Cuillin Round
Cumbrian Traverse
Dales Skyline
Dales Top Ten
Dales 2000’s
Dark Peak County Tops
Dragon’s Tongue
Durham Hewitts
Freeman Round
Glen Lyon Corbett Round
Great North Inns Run
Harvey Howgill Tops
John Fleetwood Scottish Routes
Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge
Knoydart 7
Lakes 24
Lakes 25@25
Lakes 2500’s
Leventon’s Line
Meirionnydd Round
National & Yorkshire 3 Peaks
No Cure Always Hope
Over The Hill Round
Paddy Buckley Round
Ring of Fire - Galloway
Scottish 4000’s
Six County Tops - Peak
Snowdonia Skyline
Snowdon to Pumlumon
South Pennine 39 Trigs
South Wales Traverse
Tan Hill to Kirkstone Pass Inn
Tranter’s Round
Tyndrum Round
Upper Calder 13 Trigs
Wainwright 7 Summits
Wicklow Round
Yorkshire Round
Yorkshire 2000’s
Sub-Ultras
COMPLETIONS
Where there is a recorder please contact them to log your completion. In addition, or if there isn't a recorder, you are invited to share your experience on the gofar facebook page to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
The Pikes of the Lakes Lakes
Lonscale Pike (Tim Ripper 2017)
This is a mega-horseshoe of the Lakes that takes in the 29 pikes of a height of 700m or more which are named on OS maps. It covers some 88 miles and 40,000 feet of ascent starting at Kentmere over in the eastern fells and ending at Broughton Mills north of Broughton- in-Furness. The challenge, inspired by Beth Ripper, was devised and completed by Tim Ripper on 3 September 2017 in a time of 32 hours 28 minutes. A full report of his run was published in The Fellrunner - see the link below..
Route
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Schedule
Click on the icon to view/print Tim's schedule (excel) of actual times.
Finishers
This an informal challenge without registrations or time limits. Why not share your experience on facebook to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
Links and Further Information
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Enquiries and reports - email: timripper86@gmail.com
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Pikes of the Lakes, Tim Ripper (The Fellrunner, Winter 2017) - Tim Ripper's account and schedule. Note: Tim's completion time of 33-28 should read 32-28
UK Big 3 Rounds
Challenges by Region
Route Index
Assynt Traverse
Bala Challenge
Bob Baxter Traverse
Bob Graham Round
Bowland Dozen
Bowland 1500’s
Broxap Round
Cairngorm Munros
Canary Islands 3 Peaks
Charlie Ramsay Round
Charnley Way
Cleveland Hills Challenge
Cuillin Round
Cumbrian Traverse
Dales Skyline
Dales Top Ten
Dales 2000’s
Dark Peak County Tops
Dragon’s Tongue
Durham Hewitts
George Fischer Tea Round
Glen Lyon Corbett Round
Great North Inns Run
Harvey Howgill Tops
John Fleetwood Scottish Routes
Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge
Knoydart 7
Lakes 24
Lakes 25@25
Lakes 2500’s
Leventon’s Line
Meirionnydd Round
National & Yorkshire 3 Peaks
No Cure Always Hope
Over The Hill Round
Paddy Buckley Round
Saddleworth 10 Trigs
Scottish 4000’s
Six County Tops - Peak
Snowdonia Skyline
Snowdon to Pumlumon
South Pennine 39 Trigs
South Wales Traverse
Tan Hill to Kirkstone Pass Inn
Tranter’s Round
Tyndrum Round
Upper Calder 13 Trigs
Wainwright 7 Summits
Wicklow Round
Yorkshire Round
Yorkshire 2000’s
COMPLETIONS
Where there is a recorder please contact them to log your completion. In addition, or if there isn't a recorder, you are invited to share your experience on the gofar facebook page to encourage and inspire other runners to have a go!
SAFETY WARNING
All the routes on this site require proven mountain running experience. You undertake them entirely at your own risk. Please take full mountain safety precautions at all times. Always ensure you carry sufficient clothing, food and equipment to cope with dramatic changes in the weather conditions! Appropriate insurance cover is recommended.
HAVE A GO!
The object of this website is to provide a single, ready source of information on the ultra-distance mountain challenges which have been developed over the past four or more decades. It now offers a diverse range of long and "short", old and recent, formal and informal routes from around the UK to encourage runners of all ages and abilities to have a go, subject to proven mountain experience in all conditions.
FRA LONG DISTANCE
RECORDS and NEWS
Please send details of any record-breaking runs and the like to Martin Stone who maintains records on behalf of the Fell Runners Association. Email: martin.stone@sportident.co.uk
Please also refer to the guidelines and definitions in the FRA Handbook.
HELP WANTED
If you can improve on the accuracy of this resource, spot any errors in grid references, names, heights, spelling or punctuation, or find a link which does not work please email Tony Wimbush.: gofar99@gmail.com
Similarly, if you wish to submit any new (or old) routes for inclusion see the contact page for the information and format that is required:.